October 19, 2016

Highlighted Year: La’Roi Glover, 2000

Defensive
Tackle, New Orleans Saints

Age: 26

5th
season in pro football, 4th with Saints

College: San
Diego State

Height: 6’2”Weight: 285

Prelude:

Glover was
credited with 18.5 sacks in college and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in
the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft. He saw action in only two games as a
rookie and played with the Barcelona Dragons of the WLAF in the Spring of 1997.
Waived by the Raiders during the preseason in ’97, the Saints picked Glover up and
he recorded 6.5 sacks as a backup before moving into the starting lineup and
compiling 10 sacks in 1998 and 8.5 in ’99. The arrival of DT Norman Hand
allowed the Saints to take better advantage of Glover’s speed and strength as a
pass rusher.

2000 Season Summary

Appeared in all
16 games

[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]

Sacks – 17 [1]

Most sacks,
game – 3 at Chicago 10/8, vs. Carolina 10/15, at St. Louis 11/26

Multi-sack
games – 5

Interceptions
– 0

Fumble
recoveries – 1

Forced
fumbles – 3

Tackles – 54

Assists – 13

Postseason: 2 G

Sacks – 0

Interceptions
– 0

Fumble
recoveries – 1

TDs – 0

Awards & Honors:

1st
team All-NFL: AP, PFWA, Sporting News

1st
team All-NFC: Pro Football Weekly

Pro Bowl

Saints went 10-6
to finish first in the NFC West while leading the NFL in sacks (66). Won NFC
Wild Card playoff over St. Louis Rams (31-28). Lost NFC Divisional playoff to
Minnesota Vikings (34-16).

Aftermath:

Glover
followed up with 8 sacks and another Pro Bowl selection in 2001 before
departing for Dallas as a free agent. A disruptive player with surprising speed
who was also good against the run, he received first-team All-NFL honors from
the Pro Football Writers and Sporting News in 2002 and was a second-team choice
of the Associated Press in both 2002 and ’03. Glover was a Pro Bowl pick in
each of his four seasons with the Cowboys, although he was less effective as a
nose tackle with the shift to a 3-4 defense in 2005. Released by Dallas, he
spent the last three years of his career with the St. Louis Rams, through 2008,
before retiring. In all, Glover compiled 83.5 sacks, 50 while he was with New
Orleans. He was a consensus first-team All-NFL selection twice and was selected
to six Pro Bowls.

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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories: